Knee kick

Hittsui geri (literally: “knee-hammer kick”), the knee kick, delivers devastating blows to the groin and abdomen from a close ranges, to crush the head or solar plexus of doubled-over or kneeling opponents.

Knee strikes are simple. From close range, pull your knee up, as though you were entering a walking crane stance. Point your toes down -- not forward -- when kneeing an opponent. This seems trivial, but this makes your knee travel forward, and not up, driving an additional 3-4” (~7-10 cm) into the opponent.

Strike with the top of the knee. Striking with the front or point of the knee can dislocate your kneecap (patella).

[knee strike vids fasts, and slow, from the front and the side]

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